ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Orange County Convention Center was considered as a potential location to provide shelter for unaccompanied migrant children but because the site is so busy, that won’t be happening.
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said in a statement that FEMA approached local leaders about using the convention center as a way to“decompress the situation at the border” and provide children with a housing arrangement that didn’t feel like a detention center environment. [TRENDING: Gaetz investigated over relationship | Disney paying workers who get vaccine | Dozens get COVID after vaccine shots] “County staff provided a tour of the Convention Center and space availability.